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Πέμπτη 19 Ιουλίου 2018

California wildfire touches Yosemite National Park; tourism deeply affected








Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για California wildfire touches Yosemite National Park; tourism deeply affected



A severe California wildfire due to high and dry temperature crept toward the boundary of Yosemite National Park, one of the popular tourist destination, as crews fought through steep, often inaccessible topography and thick smoke to protect a string of small mountain communities in the path of the flames.


This fierce forest fire is known as Ferguson Fire, which started on Friday night and killed Varney, a Cal fire bulldozer operator, had charred nearly 19 square miles by Tuesday afternoon and was burning just a few miles outside the national park. The air quality monitors showed particulate levels in the national park at “very unhealthy” levels, meaning everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion or risk serious health effects such as respiratory problems.


Αποτέλεσμα εικόνας για California wildfire touches Yosemite National Park; tourism deeply affectedThe high temperature, low humidity and light winds made the fire to scorch 12,525 acres south of Highway 140 west of the park and was 5% contained.


The fire spokeswoman Adrienne Freeman said that the fire continues to grow. Making the job more difficult was an inversion layer of thick black smoke pouring off the flames and visible for miles (km) that prevented water-dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft from flying low into narrow canyons, she said.


State Route 140, a western entry point into Yosemite, remained closed by the flames. Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the conflagration.


As the forest fire marched slowly east and south from its starting point at Savage Trading Post, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of the park’s boundary in the Sierra Nevada mountains, fire managers warned that the communities of Jerseydale, Mariposa Pines, Clearing House and Incline could be in danger.


A mandatory evacuation was ordered over the weekend for more than 100 homes deemed most threatened in Jerseydale.


California has seen its worst start to the fire season in a decade, with more than 220,421 acres (89,201 hectares) blackened and six major wildfires burning statewide as of Tuesday.


The wildfires have already burned more than 3.3 million acres (1.3 million hectares) across the United States this year, more than the year-to-date average of about 3 million acres (1.2 million hectares) over the past 10 years.


The risk of large wildfires is set to ease in much of the Southwest and Rocky Mountains due to expected summer rains, but risk levels will remain high in California through at least October.